I definitely say our daily
compass because of how badly I need to remind myself of this
sometimes!

Like it or not, life is lived one day at a time. The
problem with that is that most of our real goals take more than a
day to achieve. And this leaves room for diversions,
distractions and detours.

A colonel I once served under had a sign behind his desk which
stated that when you are up to your posterior in snapping
alligators, it is very difficult to remember that your initial
objective was to drain the swamp. And that's the problem we
are talking about here.

And those familiar with Martial Arts know the importance of
understanding the flow of things, and making use of that. And
so, if time is in cycles, we can take advantage of that to remember
what our objective is.

This is especially true of our spiritual lives. The cycles
of what we do spiritually can match the cycles which the world
forces us into, and the result is that we can keep focus.

There are other tools too, which can help us focus.

The criteria are simple: That it works and that it
fits. Especially that it fits your life. In my mroning
devotions, I don't begin them when I wake up. I begin them
when I am dressed and ready to go out into the world. My
evening devotions reflect back on the day, and there's a weekly
devotion that focuses on the week.